SeriesTales of the Unexpected
6.81979
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Watch The Wednesday Play (1964) Online
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5.25 votes19641h 15mEndedDrama
Synopsis
An anthology series of television plays which aired on BBC1 from October 1964 to May 1970. The plays were usually written for television, although adaptations from other sources also featured.
Episodes
Season 1
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- 1. Catch As Catch CanNow viewing1964-09-301h 15mBased on the play "La foire d'empoigne" by Jean Anouilh.
- 2. A Crack in the Ice1964-10-281h 15mA soldier named Postnikov rescues a drowning man.
- 3. In Camera1964-11-041h 25mThree people find themselves sharing a room with no way out. As they talk, the nature of the room and how they came to be there is gradually revealed.
- 4. Pale Horse, Pale Rider1964-11-111h 25mA young woman's dreams of death but The Pale Rider fills her dreams along with her lover.
- 5. The Big Breaker1964-11-181h 30mA lodger, recuperating from a heart attack, sets his sights on his landlady.
- 6. Mr. Douglas1964-11-251h 10mCoronation Day, 1761: A merchant entertains a guest with an extraordinary secret.
- 7. Malatesta1964-12-021h 35mSigismondo Malatesta is a condottiere, a mercenary for hire and patron of the arts.
- 8. The July Plot1964-12-091h 35mDramatisation of the failed plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler in July 1944 by a conspiracy of high-ranking German Army officers.
- 9. First Love1964-12-161h 25mA study of a boy's passion for an older girl as he discovers the difference between infatuation and true love.
- 10. Tap on the Shoulder1965-01-061h 15mArchibald Cooper is a London gangster who is living the life of a country squire while running a criminal empire. He learns that he's getting a knighthood so invites some old associates to country house unaware they are planning a robbery.
- 11. Sir Jocelyn, the Minister Would Like a Word...1965-01-131h 15mA group of politicians and university dons argue over whether a new university should have a chapel or a state-of-the-art lecture hall.
- 12. The Navigators1965-01-201h 15mA tale of romance between two working class navvies.
- 13. Fable1965-01-271h 15mIn a parallel totalitarian Great Britain, those in authority are Black people, and white people are their social underdogs — a reversal of the situation in then-contemporary apartheid South Africa.
- 14. Dan, Dan the Charity Man1965-02-031h 15mDan Sankey, the charity knocker, has become a national celebrity but who is the man behind the image?
- 15. Ashes to Ashes1965-02-101h 15mBarbara is an assertive, clever, liberated woman, her own boss. Who'd think she could be swept off her feet by a handsome stranger for whom she'd give up her career, London, everything? Especially as her new husband maybe wants to kill her.
- 16. Wear a Very Big Hat1965-02-171h 15mA young couple celebrate their wedding anniversary with a night on the town.
- 17. The Confidence Course1965-02-241h 1mA trio of swindlers advertise a self-assertiveness seminar, lure a dozen victims to a hotel and attempt to persuade them to enroll in their course. However, a man claiming to be 18th century critic-essayist William Hazlitt attacks the consumerist values outlined by the motivational speaker.
- 18. Campaign for One1965-03-031h 15mAstronaut Osborne is stuck in a malfunctioning capsule. As he goes round and round the Earth, he starts telling jokes and secrets. When the time comes to bring him down to Earth, he can't face it as he feels like a sexual failure.
- 19. Horror of Darkness1965-03-101h 10mPeter and Cathy are initially delighted to see their charismatic, subtly domineering friend Robin. But he outstays his welcome, and that's to say the least of it.
- 20. A Little Temptation1965-03-171h 15mA writer is having an affair with a married woman and gets embroiled with the other women in her life.
- 21. Moving On1965-03-241h 15mA soldier faces a court-martial for killing his friend.
- 22. Cat's Cradle1965-03-311h 15mA couple move to the country, but the wife feels isolated and finds companionship with her cat.
- 23. Three Clear Sundays1965-04-071h 15mA dull witted young labourer from a criminal family is sent to gaol for a minor crime, leaving his pregnant girlfriend unmarried. But while there he is talked into attacking a guard, who later dies, so he's then sentenced to hang for his crime, despite a protest and newspaper campaign for leniency.
- 24. The Interior Decorator1965-04-141h 15mAn interior decorator takes a millionaire's wife on a guided tour of her new home.
- 25. Auto-Stop1965-04-211h 15mA young couple go on a hitch-hiking tour of Europe.
- 26. The Good Shoe Maker and the Poor Fish Peddler1965-04-281h 15mAn account of the shocking Sacco-Vanzetti case of the 1920s, where two working-class Italian immigrants to the US were executed after seven years on Death Row.
- 27. Cemented with Love1965-05-051h 15mIt is general election night in a constituency in Northern Ireland.
- 28. A Knight in Tarnished Armour1965-05-121h 15mTom is a working class Scots teenager, but he dreams of much more.
- 29. For the West1965-05-261h 15mWhite mercenary forces prepare to attack rebel, pro-Lumumbist troops in the Congo
- 30. And Did Those Feet?1965-06-021h 15mLord Fountain hates his illegitimate twin boys as he does not seem to be able to produce legitimate heirs.
- 31. The Man Without Papers1965-06-091h 15mYears ago, it was Roscoe who kept his friends alive in a Korean prison camp. Now, he's penniless and without papers in London - will his now-prosperous former friends help him?
- 32. The Pistol1965-06-161h 15mA young private with a pistol deals with the aftershock of the attack on Pearl Harbor.
- 33. Women in Crisis: With Love and Tears1965-06-231h 15m
- 34. The Seven O'Clock Crunch1965-06-301h 15mMartin has a mid-life crisis.
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Is The Wednesday Play available to watch online?
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How many seasons does The Wednesday Play have?
The Wednesday Play has 9 seasons and 207 episodes.
When did The Wednesday Play first air?
The Wednesday Play first aired in 1964.
Is The Wednesday Play still running?
The Wednesday Play's status on TMDB is: Ended.
What genre is The Wednesday Play?
The Wednesday Play is classified as Drama.